Private Vacancy Access Control
RCTClinical Trial
Publicly listed job postings attract high volumes of unsolicited, unqualified applications that overwhelm firm Human Resources departments with screening labor.
Picture this
Think of a nightclub guest list kept privately at the door rather than printed on a flyer distributed across the entire city. Keeping the list private ensures only pre-screened guests can enter, preventing an overwhelming crowd from filling the entrance.
What the evidence says
Treatment increased the proportion of vacancies made private (restricted from public online access) by 57% off the control mean, directly reducing unvetted jobseeker applications.
- Who was studied
- N = 7,438 establishments across 129 local public employment agencies in France.
- How
- Stratified Randomized Controlled Trial measuring vacancy service delivery and online posting visibility.
What to do
Convert public online job postings into private agency-administered listings to restrict applicant inflows and eliminate unvetted application volume.
From the source
"Importantly, implementation of verification implies that counselors take control of how firms receive applications. For instance, they can make the vacancy private so that it is not publicly available on the internet, only in agencies."
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